Authorities Ukraine They accused Russian troops of breaking the dam 60 kilometers from the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station on the Dnieper River to the city of Kherson. The Southern Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that the infrastructure was destroyed and stated that it was investigating the extent of the damage and the speed and amount of water that would affect possible flooding areas.
Moscow reported dam collapsed “due to damage” hence “nearby areas are flooded”. “It was quiet at night. The dam couldn’t hold up, a support collapsed and flooding started,” a source told Russian agency TASS.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russian forces, which have controlled the infrastructure since the beginning of the invasion, of placing mines on the facilities months ago to stop the invasion’s progress, causing devastating flooding in nearby settlements.
Russian emergency services also condemned Ukraine’s missile attacks on the press, but this attack did not cause serious damage.